The Windsor Report

MAILBOX MOMENT: A listener texted in on Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) ongoing hospitalization: “All the angst over McConnell’s health… wish there had been a fraction of that concern over Biden and Feinstein.”

Fair point. Whether it’s a Senator, a President, or anyone entrusted with the job, the American people deserve straight answers about who’s actually running the show — every time, regardless of party.

$1.75 billion.
That's how much Ohio collected ABOVE projections, according to the state's own budget office. Politicians will call it a "surplus" and pat themselves on the back. I call it what it is: proof they took $1.75 billion more out of your pockets than they needed — and it was already allocated before the number ever made the news.
Here's the question nobody in Columbus wants asked: if the state over-collected by nearly two billion dollars, why isn't the first conversation about giving it back?
I went digging on Windsor Investigates. The full segment is in the first comment. 👇

83% of voters — Democrats, Republicans, independents, across every race — support requiring photo ID to register and vote. That's a national consensus. So why is John Thune sitting on his hands? Somebody's got his hands. Bring it forward, force Senators to vote on the record.

What did Amy Acton's mom say in 2020 that the Democrat candidate for governor doesn't want you to hear? Mailbox Moment has the tape. Listen - segment linked in comments.

The Windsor Report for Tuesday, July 7 opened with the Windsor World Wire — a rundown of top stories around the world, America and Ohio, including tankers burning in the Strait of Hormuz. Adam Hewitt joined for Hot Takes on the SAVE Act and the President's handling of Iran. Then we examined Ohio's Education Freedom Tax Credit — and what it could mean for your family's bottom line. Windsor Investigates broke down what to know about Ohio's $1.75 billion surplus — that's your money sitting in Columbus. Plus: what did Amy Acton's mom say in 2020 that the Democrat candidate for governor doesn't want you to know? The segments are posted and ready — link in the comments. What stood out to you from today's show?

Dave Yost responded to my text about Amy Acton. Here's what he said.

Something happened yesterday that you won't see covered anywhere else.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer (clevelanddotcom) ran a report that — in my reading — significantly underplays Amy Acton's role in Ohio's COVID-era decisions. The order that postponed the primary election. The lockdowns. The orders. The mandates. If you lived through it, you remember whose signature was on those health orders.

So I reached out to someone who was in the room at the highest level of state government: former Attorney General Dave Yost. And he texted me back.

YOST: “This is true: the buck does stop with the governor.
But the Plain Dealer is vastly understating her role., particularly in the early months of the epidemic. At that time (the 2020 primary election) she was the director of health, not just an advisor, and had direct authority—see ORC 3703.13, especially subsection (C)
If you make a public records request, you will find orders with her signature on them.
The Governor is not a medical doctor, and relied heavily on her advice (which reflected the thinking of the department, including epidemiologists.) They are both directly and jointly responsible for the election change and the lengthy shutdown, in my view. (And theirs, too—they both take credit for their “steady leadership” to friendly audiences.)”

I covered the Acton era as a reporter. I asked the questions the big outlets wouldn't — and got shut out of press conferences for it. Now the same media apparatus is polishing the record right as she runs for governor.

The full exclusive — including exactly what Yost said — is in the first comment. Listen, then tell me: is this journalism, or is it campaign work?

Listen. Then tell me: is this journalism, or is it campaign work?

Graham Platner supporters. Paging Graham Platner supporters.

Clevelanddotcom published a report shrinking Amy Acton's role in Ohio's COVID orders. My phone lit up. Former Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost responded directly — a breaking exclusive on Monday's Windsor Report. Then I unpacked my conversation earlier today with Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, the man running Ohio's elections in 2020 when Acton's health order shut down the March primary the night before voting. Ohioans deserve the actual record — not a version edited for 2026. You lived it. Your kids' schools closed. Your business felt it. Your primary got moved. So here's my question: What do you remember about March 17, 2020 — and does the coverage you're seeing now match your memory? Links to the show in the comments.

🚨ASININE ALERT 🚨
USMNT gets a break from a bad call (a review reversed the call) that initially drew a red card for Folarin Balogun, which would have kept him out of tonight’s Round of 16 match against Belgium.
Balogun will play.
But because Trump was involved the lefties like Claude Taylor are rooting against the United States. Let that sink in.